Kane, Joseph P. M.
Surendranathan, Ajenthan
Bentley, Allison
Barker, Sally A. H.
Taylor, John-Paul
Thomas, Alan J.
Allan, Louise M.
McNally, Richard J.
James, Peter W.
McKeith, Ian G.
Burn, David J.
O’Brien, John T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Programme Grants for Applied Research (DTC-RP-PG-0311-12001)
Article History
Received: 14 November 2017
Accepted: 29 January 2018
First Online: 15 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Permission was granted by the UK Confidentiality Advisory Group to collect limited data from the clinical notes of all patients attending participating services without the requirement of informed consent. Ethical approval for the study was also awarded by an NHS Regional Ethics Committee (NRES Committee North East—Newcastle & North Tyneside 1; Reference 13/NE/0268).
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